Theodore & Hamblin - The Scientific Contrast

‘The Scientific Contrast’ is the debut release from mysterious German producers Kibbee Theodore & Bernd Hamblin, and the 11th release from the Remote Viewer curated imprint, Moteer. In these 11 releases, they have established themselves as a label with a strong identity and aesthetic footprint, despite each release still being full of surprises. With this album, the ‘Moteer sound’ takes a more electronic turn, harking back to the early days of labels like City Centre Offices. It’s clear that The Remote
Viewers first album has been a strong influence here, as well as the earlier albums from people like Static. But without simply re-using the hooks and tricks of the past, Theodore & Hamblin coat everything in a layer of warm and homey goodness that is unquestionably fresh and undoubtedly Moteer.
Over its twelve tracks, ‘The Scientific Contrast’ is varied at the same time as being cohesive. From the four-on-the-floor danceablity of ‘Hernd’ to the fuzzy ambience of ‘Mndel’, each song is full of unexpected turns and subtleties. The childlike digital chimes of ‘Balmpe’ will take you back to a time of innocence; of long school holidays and scraped knees, of Casio keyboards and speak-and-spells. The music on display here softly and gently moves into your psyche to calm your aching bones and relax you after a long day. Theodore & Hamblin have found themselves a spiritual home at Moteer. Fitting perfectly
with the labels penchant for hushed and delicate releases, the duo’s nostalgic and naive sound never falls into the realms of kitsch. After the success of other Moteer acts such as The Boats or Clickits, this release is bound to do well with fans of the aforementioned artists as well as anyone else who is interested in introspective music full of mystery and fragility. Theodore and Hamblin
"We are private people, who live rather mundane lives. We met at university while studying furniture design, this helps us construct our music. We have lots of electronic toys which emit lots of electronic sounds, we record and arrange these. We record by pressing the red button. We like science and typography. We live in Germany, in apartments which are rather similar, in a small town near Bonn. We sent our recordings to Moteer and they are sending them to you. We find it difficult to talk about ourselves. We record in the summer time. "With those electronic toys emitting electronic sounds, these things can
go on forever or until there is a power out! We take loops and loops and loops and press start and stop until we can longer push forward! We sit and listen, doubt and rearrange until we are lost and cannot listen no longer, shouting what boredom! In time and time we find those old starts and stops and view these experiments as new and sigh. Our work was finished. Then and then we let it move away from our ears to the worlds and begin to forget, as we begin again with electronic toys emitting electronic sounds, these things can go on forever or until there is a power out! We take loops and loops and loops and press start and stop until we can longer push forward! We sit and listen, doubt and rearrange until we are lost and cannot listen no longer, shouting what boredom! In time and time we find those old starts and stops and view these experiments as new and sigh. Our work was finished. Then and then we let it move away from our ears to the worlds and begin to forget, as we begin
again with electronic toys emitting electronic sounds."

Be the first to review this record. Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!